Blogs vs. Bulletin Boards for Health Issues

Fard Johnmar at HealthCareVox discusses the ways blogs and bulletin boards can be used to foster discussion and community around health issues. He concludes that

Bulletin boards are a great way to forge close, vibrant virtual communities of people who share common medical conditions or healthcare-related interests. Blogs are an ideal means of educating readers, shaping dialogue and aggregating diverse commentary on a range of topics.

In the rush to take advantage of new media technologies, don't forget the oldies but goodies like bulletin boards that have been around since the Internet was nothing but a bunch of BBSes.